Expressive Iteration

Standard	Rotated out on September 9, 2022
Pioneer	Banned since June 7, 2022
Modern	Never Banned
Legacy	Banned since March 6, 2023
Vintage	Never Banned
Commander	Never Banned
Pauper	Never Banned
Oathbreaker	Never Banned
Extended	Not Legal

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Timeline

• April 23, 2021 - Released
• June 7, 2022 - Status changed to Banned in Pioneer
• March 6, 2023 - Status changed to Banned in Legacy

Rationale

Expressive Iteration is banned in both Pioneer and Legacy due to its ability to provide extensive card selection and card advantage, which significantly fuels specific archetypes and elevates their consistency. In Pioneer, the card was deemed too effective in facilitating Izzet strategies, allowing decks to engage in protracted "wars of attrition" and contributing to an unmanageable win rate for the format. Similarly, in Legacy, its inclusion in Izzet Delver provides too much card quality and quantity, allowing the deck to adapt easily and maintaining a high metagame share. These bans were implemented to lower the win rates and respective metagame shares of the identified strategies, thereby promoting greater overall diversity and stability within both formats.

This summary was generated by gemma4 on September 14, 2026. It has not yet been reviewed by a human editor and may contain some inaccuracies. Learn more.

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